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...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories of… — Don Kates
Paleontologists [fossil experts] have paid an exorbitant price for Darwin's argument. We fancy ourselves as the only true students of life's history, yet to preserve… — Stephen Jay Gould
In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to "bend" their observations to… — Henry Lipson
I know it's going to be just magical, and almost certainly going to be over quickly - on playing Sharapova. — Unknown Author
The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range… — Martin Puryear
Man's cleverness is almost indefinite, and stretches like an elastic band, but human nature is like an iron ring. You can go round and round… — H. Rider Haggard
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by… — Thomas A. Edison
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds. — S. J. Perelman
According to the dictionary, knock has two definitions: "to strike something with a sharp blow," and "to find fault with, a harsh and often petty… — Marvin J. Ashton
We must not fear daylight just because it almost always illuminates a miserable world. — Rene Magritte
In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into… — Eric Hoffer
In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I… — Aimee Mann
My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but… — Georges St-Pierre
He's as strong as an ox...and ALMOST as smart! — Roddy Piper
Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.' — Dian Fossey
We live in a glass-soaked civilization, but as for the bird in the Chinese proverb who finds it so difficult to discover air, the substance… — Unknown Author
You will be astonished to find how the whole mental disposition of your children changes with advancing years. A young child and the same when… — Charles Darwin
You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another.… — Katharine Hepburn
Time heals almost everything. Give time time. — Regina Brett

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